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At the end of this article, he starts to touch on some of the things that William Lind has been writing about for years - how state actors can fight against non
by natosaichek 12y ago
At the end of this article, he starts to touch on some of the things that William Lind has been writing about for years - how state actors can fight against non-state actors.
He talks a lot about the different levels of war (strategic, operational, tactical) but more, talks about how war evolved over time. In particular how maneuver doctrine is superior to firepower doctrine is superior to manpower doctrine. These all are, to a certain extent, trumped by guerrilla warfare by non-state forces. Lind calls this fourth generation warfare.
Here's an archive of some of his essays (chronological from the bottom up):
http://www.dnipogo.org/lind/lind_archive.htm http://www.dnipogo.org/lind/lind_archive.htm